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iran blamed israel for another virus attack two years ago that disrupted part of iran's nuclear program. today, israel would not confirm or deny a role in this new attack. in u.s. economic news, a new report raised hopes about home prices. they rose in most major cities in march for the first time in seven months. but a second report showed consumer confidence plunged in may, marking the biggest decline in eight months. on wall street, stocks rose on hopes that china might move to stimulate its economy. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 126 points to close above 12,580. the nasdaq rose 33 points to close just under 2,871. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to margaret. >> warner: now, two looks at the presidential campaign: on the day that mitt romney is poised to cross the delegate threshold to become the g.o.p. nominee, and national and state polls forecast a close contest between him and president obama. >> i'm not going to forget craig, colorado. i'm not going to forget communities like this across the country that are hurting under this president. >>
iran blamed israel for another virus attack two years ago that disrupted part of iran's nuclear program. today, israel would not confirm or deny a role in this new attack. in u.s. economic news, a new report raised hopes about home prices. they rose in most major cities in march for the first time in seven months. but a second report showed consumer confidence plunged in may, marking the biggest decline in eight months. on wall street, stocks rose on hopes that china might move to stimulate its...
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russian internet security firreleased a report about the so-called "flame" virus that's appeared in iran and elsewhere in the middle east. and today, tehran confirmed that some of its computers were infected, including those tied to the oil industry. flame is thought to be a virus used for espionage, reportedly capable of taking computer screenshots, logging keystrokes, and even listening in on skype calls and office conversations. it can also steal information from any bluetooth-enabled cell phones that are nearby. the emernce fla is drawing comparisons to the 2010 stuxnet virus that penetrated and damaged iran's nuclear program. israel was widely suspected of being behind that attack. so far, israeli officials have not confirmed or denied involvement with this new virus. on tuesday, israeli vice premier moshe yaalon said, "whoever sees the iranian threat as a significant threat is likely to take various steps, including these, to hobble it." so, what do we know and what do we not know? for a closer look at all this, we turn to dave shackleford, chief technology officer, for the institu
russian internet security firreleased a report about the so-called "flame" virus that's appeared in iran and elsewhere in the middle east. and today, tehran confirmed that some of its computers were infected, including those tied to the oil industry. flame is thought to be a virus used for espionage, reportedly capable of taking computer screenshots, logging keystrokes, and even listening in on skype calls and office conversations. it can also steal information from any...
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they have identified mainly middle east countries, iran, israel, palestine, hungary, saudi arabia, sudan, syria, egypt. what is interesting this that the more you know about the targets-- and one day we'll be able to-- not right now-- but as they do more work-- and it may take up to a year to actually dissect it and know more about this code-- the more you know about the targets will tell you about the purpose of the operation itself. >> brown: dave shackleford when you say it's big what, does that mean in lay men's terms and how does that make a difference? >> well, that makes fairly significant difference actually because the trend in malled ware writing has been the opposite-- to create smaller code that's much more difficult to detect or really be able to pick up by things like antivirus programs or other types of security programs help this particular piece of malled ware is over 20 megabytes in size, which is highly unusual. that ties into the all the different capabilities that this piece of malware has. it has a lot of different options available to it. it's built so that malware
they have identified mainly middle east countries, iran, israel, palestine, hungary, saudi arabia, sudan, syria, egypt. what is interesting this that the more you know about the targets-- and one day we'll be able to-- not right now-- but as they do more work-- and it may take up to a year to actually dissect it and know more about this code-- the more you know about the targets will tell you about the purpose of the operation itself. >> brown: dave shackleford when you say it's big what,...
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but the post account said phone records and other evidence tied the conspiracy to iran and its ally hezbollah, in lebanon. former british prime minister tony blair acknowledged today he avoided confronting media barons, like rupert murdoch, during his ten years in power. but, he denied making any deal to win murdoch's backing. blair testified as part of the ongoing leveson inquiry into british media standards. we have a report from gary gibbon of "independent television news." reporter: tony blair told lord justice leveson things had got too close between politicians and the media bosses, but there had been no deal. >> there was no deal on issues to do with the media with rupert murdoch or indeed with anybody else, either express or implied. to be fair he never saw such a thing. >> reporter: knowny... tony blair was asked why... just before coming to office. he said he decided the back lash that would have brought would have left no time for more important policies like health and education. >> i never felt that i could risk putting all of that to one side to fight this. now, that's the polit
but the post account said phone records and other evidence tied the conspiracy to iran and its ally hezbollah, in lebanon. former british prime minister tony blair acknowledged today he avoided confronting media barons, like rupert murdoch, during his ten years in power. but, he denied making any deal to win murdoch's backing. blair testified as part of the ongoing leveson inquiry into british media standards. we have a report from gary gibbon of "independent television news."...